the excitement of the last few weeks...

I can't believe it's already/only been 3 weeks since we saw our sweet little man's face. I say that beacause it feels like we've known that face forever but I remember finding out all of the details like it was yesterday. Suffice to say we're smiling fools anytime anyone mentions him or we talk about him. We've shown our pictures of him to everyone who wants to see them or even pretends to want to see them. I've only passed them off through one drivethru- but it was at the bank and we go to church with the teller who was on the other side!

The weeks since our referral have been probably the busiest of my work year...which has kept me from constantly googling toddler toys and obsessing about the next step in the process. Things are about to slow down which will give me quite a bit more time to do all of this- and more.

A few days after that all important phone call we picked up a few things to send in care package to the little guy with a traveling family. They've been in Ethiopia over the past week getting to know their son and were able to drop off our goodies. We sent a cute little outfit, a small basketball (we were told that he loves rolling and kicking a ball around) and some pics of us. It's so great to know that things that we touched and were in our home are now in Ethiopia with him!

We got some more great news this week not directly related to our adoption but news that will impact orphans and kids who need some love- here in the US and in Ethiopia. The ministry that our friends the Posts started and we jumped in to help with a year and a half ago, Make Your Mark, received our non profit status. This opens so many doors for spreading the word about what we do and ways people can help. It all started with loving on some kids without much here in the Charlotte area, and is spreading to helping street kids and orphans in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. We sent the Post family off to Ethiopia yesterday about 4am. They're spending two months there this summer preparing to spend there lives there. Our website went live, too! http://www.mymministries.org Check it out!

Not only will the Post family be in ET most of the summer but so will 2 other families that we're close to. The Hendersons are going in just a couple of weeks for their court date for their twins and the Rhodes family will hopefully travel at the end of July to bring their new son and daughter home. There is such a sense of joy spreading throughout our community right now for families that only God could create! I of course would LOVE to join our friends at some point this summer for a court date of our own but we'll see what God has planned. He knew the perfect time to reveal this blessing to us, and He knows when we need to bring him home. But this waiting mama is praying that it's soon!